Homo sapiens.

Chapter 538
Galaxy 2, February 8nd.

Oceania, southeast of Kangaroo Country.

This is the core agricultural area of ​​the local area, whether it is wheat, cotton, or sheep pastures, they are all highly concentrated in this area.

The climate types here are mainly Mediterranean climate, temperate marine climate, subtropical monsoon climate and subtropical grassland climate.

Core cities including Sydney and Canberra are also in this area.

It can be seen that the local climate is relatively suitable for human life.

However, the Kangaroo Country is in an extremely dry state at this time. As the core agricultural area and the southeast region of human settlements, it has not rained for more than half a year.

If the southeast can still rely on groundwater for a period of time, then the Great Artesian Basin in the middle will be completely dry at this time.

Even if we keep digging deep wells, there is still no way to alleviate the local drought.

A freshwater lake in the Great Artesian Basin, at this time, only the dry and cracked bottom of the lake is left, and some weeds grow tenaciously from the mud at the bottom of the lake.

More than a dozen pastures in the surrounding area had to urgently apply for digging wells.

Although the Kangaroo Country has strict regulations that do not allow pastures and farms to dig water wells, especially machine-driven wells, but in the face of the current widespread drought, only temporary well-dig permits can be issued.

Old David, the rancher of the David Ranch, looked at the groundwater coming out of the machine well at this time, and his face was not very happy.

On the contrary, there was still lingering sadness on his face.

Because the temperature at this time is very low, only minus 11 degrees Celsius, and the latitude of his pasture is near 37 degrees south latitude, which is not such a low temperature in the same period of previous years.

This ultra-low temperature stopped the growth of pasture grass on the pasture, and even caused low-temperature freezing damage.

Low temperature and drought have become common conditions in the southern part of the Great Artesian Basin.

In order to ensure that the sheep that have just been shaved in autumn can safely survive this cold winter, old David had to keep the sheep indoors and turn on the heating for more than three months.

"Father! This is the electricity bill for this month." Little David came to Old David with a mailed bill.

Old David glanced at the bill, his face painful.

"Father, if this continues, we will go bankrupt."

Of course old David knew it would go on like this, taking date pills.

Their ranch has a total of 8000 sheep. Usually in winter, the temperature is below zero for a week or two. Now it has been more than three months, and the temperature has been below zero. This means that they have been heating continuously for more than three months.

Heating electricity bills have increased by 4 to 5 times compared to last year. Even if the Kangaroo Country officially subsidizes part of the electricity bills, the electricity bills still increased by about 3.7 times.

In addition, a more serious problem is that the supply of forage on the pasture itself is insufficient, and a large amount of hay and fodder must be purchased outside to fill the gap in the self-produced forage on the pasture.

This adds another expense.

In addition, the cost of drilling wells has to be borne by the rancher himself.

What is even more deceitful is that although sheep can withstand a low temperature of minus 15 degrees Celsius, they must be fed in captivity in an environment of 5 to minus 15 degrees Celsius, and the low temperature will cause their growth to slow down and wool production to decline.

This year, there are 6700 million sheep in the Kangaroo Country, and the production capacity is estimated to not exceed 2.2 million kilograms.

House seemingly endless rain.

Global wool demand has been split in two due to severe fragmentation of the global market.

Homo sapiens' artificial wool is not only self-sufficient, but also exported in large quantities.

As a result, the wool of the Kangaroo Country can only be sold to the free world, although Serris in the free world is the largest wool importing region in the world. In previous years, 70-80% of the wool in the Kangaroo Country was sold to companies in Serris.

The problem is that Serris' wool demand is based on foreign trade demand.

Now that the global market is split in two, there is clearly not enough demand for wool in the free world.

Insufficient demand for wool products leads to insufficient demand for wool raw materials. As a result, the price of wool raw materials will naturally not go up.

The cost of production has increased and production capacity has decreased, but the selling price is still falling. This is a dead end for many sheep farms.

Sheep are not wheat. There is no way to plant less this year and expand production next year.

Once the number of sheep decreases on a large scale, it will take several years, even more than ten years, to restore the scale of breeding in the future.

And there is another problem here, that is, the farm can raise less, but the depreciation of the infrastructure, as well as part of the electricity bill, will not be reduced because of this.

If there is only a problem with the sheep industry, then the Kangaroo Country can rely on the support of America's father to hold on.

But now it's not just a problem with the sheep industry, but with grapes, wheat, barley and pasture.

The southeast, as the core agricultural area, has been affected by drought and low temperature, and grain production is declining sharply.

Many things often affect the whole body by pulling a hair.

The reduction in grain production will inevitably lead to a sharp rise in the prices of feed, vegetable oil, and sugar, and the soaring price of feed will further increase the production cost of the aquaculture industry.

The population of Kangaroo Country is small, only about 2700 million.

However, the previous high income and low prices made many people get used to that wonderful life.

Now that the unemployment rate keeps rising and prices are almost unstoppable, the problem is beginning to be exposed.

The operating rate of various industries is seriously insufficient, and many small farmers and ranches have fallen into a crisis of bankruptcy.

The area of ​​Oceania as a whole is indeed very large, but except for deserts, Gobi Desert, and some tropical rainforests, the remaining areas that can be developed are actually coastal areas and the Great Artesian Basin.

Now, as the mid-latitude coastal areas in the south, they are basically in a state of low temperature and drought, while the tropical grasslands and tropical rainforests in the north have much more rainfall than in previous years.

It's raining where it shouldn't.

The result is that the dry places will become more and more dry; the wet places will be flooded.

ABCD and more than a dozen large local agricultural companies in Kangaroo Country are facing a very difficult problem at this time.

Sydney.

Bunge branch building.

Jia Lide, the manager of Bunge Oceania branch, got the grain storage inventory report, his face was very dignified: "There are only 247 million tons of feed reserves left, which is less than one-third of the same period last year. This..."

The deputy manager Anthony said with a headache: "Garrid, now it's not an inventory issue, but a cost issue."

"What's going on at the headquarters? Why aren't we allowed to increase the price? Do we want us to continue to sell at a lower price?" Gared's face darkened.

Anthony was very helpless: "I have communicated with the headquarters several times. The headquarters is under pressure from the council, and the price cannot be raised casually now."

"Shet!" Gared cursed secretly.

Obviously, the high benefits of Homo sapiens make the whole free world have to follow up with all their strength, otherwise they will admit defeat to Homo sapiens.

Some time ago, the four major forces in the free world joined forces to suppress the soaring prices of food, vegetables and fruits, which is the performance of riding a tiger.

If the current high level of welfare cannot be maintained, then the free world will not have any appeal.

Originally, they were inferior to Homo Sapiens in many aspects, and now they can’t even maintain the superficially high wages and low prices. Why should ordinary people stay and serve?
Once high wages and low prices cannot be maintained, the free world will collapse on its own.

That's why the four major powers are desperately lowering the prices of grain, vegetables and fruits. However, how long this pressure can last is still unknown.

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